Black and White Photographs

Artists Describing Their Art:

Nemchenok Asya - Whatever I do I am focused on the subjective perception and the colour, for it has some inner vibration that is capable of producing an unpredictable interplay of paints and emulsion with the texture of the real life in the frame. Asya Nemchenok ...

Michael Prochnik - When I first started photographing, I was driven by the desire to communicate to my family and friends my travels, but as my photography progressed I realized it was mainly the people that I saw around me that became the main focus of my pictures. When I chose my best photos, I realized that my favorites choices were not based on their technical merits but rather on the feeling I got from the subjects in those images. Even when I became a professional photographer, I was still drown back to the first images I have ever taken, and to the feeling I get from those images, which in essence is my aim when photographing, and my wish for others to share. Thanks for visiting my page, and I hope you enjoy the images. Michael ...

Barry Greff - ARTIST STATEMENTS Atmosphere Ethereal Sea and Landscapes In a time of great challenge throughout our world, I seek to capture, and foster preservation of, the spectacular natural beauty that still exists on Earth. Each of my photographs stands alone as a testament to the astonishing visual feast that remains on our planet for those willing to seek it out. My sea and landscape images focus on capturing transitory conditions of light and atmosphere as a metaphor for the fleeting nature of life itself. These images memorialize a moment in timeaEUR| never to be repeated. I am drawn to these theatrical moments when elements collide to form moody, ethereal, and dramatic scenes. Of the Wild Intimate, Close-up Animal Portraits It is in various forms of captivity that I find the animals and birds for this series. They are protected from me and I am protected from them. My images capture the life force that is simultaneously controlled, yet untamed. I am drawn to their eyes as that draws the viewer into the frame. The framing device jolts the viewer from reading the images as a clichA(c). By abstracting the eye or face from the rest of the body, I force ...

Laurie Delaney - I got into photography about 3 years ago. Photography is more than just a hobby, it's a passion. I use basic equipment and don't use any photo editing software. I like my photos to be natural and to capture exactly what I've seen in the moment I took the picture. I have recently been encouraged to share my photographs with others which is why I have joined this website. I hope you enjoy them....